Hansa Metallwerke AG, a renowned German manufacturer, wanted a more flexible and cost-effective infrastructure to support its global business operations. Hansa has centralized all IT services in Stuttgart and developed a state-of-the-art data center to support the consolidated services. A key decision in designing the data center was to upgrade and standardize both LAN and storage communications on Intel® Ethernet 10 Gigabit Converged Network Adapters. Now, network costs are down, performance has doubled, IT is more efficient, and Hansa has more flexibility to respond to business changes.

Hansa Metallwerke AG, a renowned German manufacturer, wanted a more flexible and cost-effective infrastructure to support its global business operations. Hansa has centralized all IT services in Stuttgart and developed a state-of-the-art data center to support the consolidated services. A key decision in designing the data center was to upgrade and standardize both LAN and storage communications on Intel® Ethernet 10 Gigabit Converged Network Adapters. Now, network costs are down, performance has doubled, IT is more efficient, and Hansa has more flexibility to respond to business changes.